Merchandise-cabinet



(No Model.) I

.S. '0. ADLER.

MERCHANDISE CABINET.

No. 395,939. Patented Jan.98, 1889.

UNrTE STATES ATENT FFIQE.

SAMUEL C. ADLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MERCHAND ISE CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,939, dated January 8, 1889.

Application filed Septemb -M, 1888- Serial No. 285,450- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, SAMUEL G. ADLER, a citizen of the llnited States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ltlerchandise-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to i'nerchandise-cabinets, and has for its object the provision of means whereby articles of merchandise of various sizes shall be kept in separation within a compartment of the cabinet.

My invention also comprises means for ventilating and cleaning the compartments, all as hereinafter particularly described, illustrated in the drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference point out similar parts on each figure, Figure l is a perspective view of a cabinet adapted for the reception of shoes, parts being broken away, showing the perforated bottom of the casing. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a case, illustrating its adaptation for hosiery. Fig. 3 is a detail view of removable perforated sheets employed in shoe-cabinets.

I will confine myself in the description of my invention to its adaptation as a shoe-cabinet, although I do not desire to be understood as limiting it to such use, as it can be employed for the reception of any character of articles kept for sale of graded sizes.

In the drawings, Arepresents an outside quadrangular casing having a perforated or foraminous bot tom, (1, for a purpose presently set forth.

B is a removable partition running lengthwise of the casein an oblique direction dividing the interior of the case into two main compartments, the cross-section of each being a trapezoid. These compartments are subdivided by removable transverse partitions b, said partitions being each provided with cutaway notches Z), whereby the whole interior of the case is subdivided into two rows of compartments, C, each row in opposite directions increasing in length from end to end of the case without any loss of space thereof.

The several divisional partitions fit into grooves b at the sides and ends of the case,

whereby they can be removed for cleansing or other purposes.

It is manifest that by removal of one or more of the transverse partitions the size of the compartments can be varied on one or both sides of the main partition 13, and I deem' plied with casters a for an obvious purpose.

D represents removable perforated sheets, of card-board, felt, textile fabric, or suitable material, one of which is placed between each layer of shoes, to prevent their rubbing or the risk of their varnish or outer coating of the leather of one pair adhering to the next adjacent pair either above or below.

From the above description, in connection with the drawings, the nature and object of my invention will be understood by all familiar with analogous devices.

In handling articles of merchandise of various sizes in sales-rooms it occupies considerable time and labor to select the size required. from aquantity packed indiscriminately in an inclosure. Oftentimes the articles become entangled, and there always risk of damage by friction and rubbing consequent upon repeated handling. Such goods soon become shop-worn, and thus deteriorate in value. This is especially the case with shoes, which soon lose their gloss and merchantable appea-rance.

My invention, which will enable the salesclerk to select at a glance the exact required size without handling any others, will be appreciated by the trade.

Shoes confined within air-tight compartments become heated, whereby the varnish thereon is liable to be cracked and to peel off in scales. It is often found that adjacent pairs become adherent and can only be separated by force, thus peelingoff more or less of the glossy surt'aee of one or both pairs. To obviate this ob, 'ection,iny invention provides for the ventilation of all of the eompartments by means of the 't'oraminous bottom, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. This apertured bottom also serves the purpose of providing means for cleansing the wholeinterior and the removal of aei-umulated dust through said apertures. 'lo furtherproteet each juxtaposing layer of shoes from deiacement by abrasion or risk of adhesion while in the respect ive compartments, I provide removable perforated sheets 1), one of which is intended to be placed intermediate of each layer of shoes, the perforations of said sheets securing eomplete vt-nltilation of the whole interior. The notehes I) on the transverse partitions are to enable the iii'igers to be inserted, and thereby to easily withdraw one pair of shoes without risk of erushing or wrinkling the pair while being rmnoved.

I am aware that it is not new to divide in teriors by obliquely-inelined partitions, and I lay no claim, broadly, thereto. I am also aware that fri'iit-lioxes have been eonstrueted with their walls supplied with openings for ventilatingpurposes, and lay no elai in, broadly, to such construction.

llaving thus fully described my invtmtion, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United. States of Ameriea, is

1. A cabinet for shoes or articles of graded sizes,which consists in a main inclosure subdivided lengthwise by an o])1iquely-inelined removable part ition into two trapezoid compartments, each of which is sulnlivided by removable transverse partitions, each provided with an upper out-away notch, 1), into a series oi. smaller eonipartments sueeessively graduated in length, as and for the purpose intended, substantially as deseribed.

2. A cabinet for shoes or articles of graded sizes, consisting of a case, A, provided with a t'oraminous bottom, said ease subdivided into two rows of cti'lnlnu-tments, one of which rows gradually inereases in length from end to end oi the ineasement, the other row havingeompart inents (T, eaeh increasing in length in a dirw-tion reversed from the opposite row, in tmiilliixlatiioii with removable perforated sheets I), adapted to lie intermediate of layers of merchandise when placed within said compartlnents, substantially as described.

3. A eabinet for displaying and holding articles of merchandise of diverse length in separation, whieh eonsists oi. the ii'ollowing ele ments: a main incasement,A,having a cover, A ,rcmiovable partitions 1 arranged to reach lengtlnrise of the ease in an oblique direction, and transvm'se partitions I), each having midway of its upper edge a notch, b, the ineaseinent provided with a t'oranlinous bottom, (1, all in. combination with ren'lovable perforated sheets I), as and for the purpose intended and set forth, substantially as destu'ibed.

SAMUEL t. A'IHJER.

'Witnesses:

Anson s. llAYlQUR. 

